WEBVTT S NOT ONEOF THEM.THAT IS EVEN CONSIDERING THECRASHES THEY HAVE HAD HERE INTHE PAST.>> EVERYBODY IS SCREAMINGTHERE'S A TRAIN COMING. ,CASEY: DUANE MCKERVEY, HIS WIFEAND DOZENS OF RETIREES WERE ONTHIS BUS WHEN IT STALLED ON THETRAIN TRACKS AT MAIN STREET ANDESTERS BOULEVARD.>> I'M NO ENGINEER OR ANYTHING, BUT IT APPEARED THAT HE HIGHCENTERED ON THE TRACKS AND NONEOF THE WHEELS WERE TOUCHINHE COULD NOT GO BACK, HE COULDNOT GO FORWARDCASEY: HE SAYS SOME STARTEDTRYING TO GET OFF.AND HIS WIFE STAYED IN THEIRSEATS.>> YOU'RE SITTING IN THE SEAT,LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW AND THATLIGHT'S GETTING CLOSER ANDCLOSER, THE HORN IS GETTINGLOUDER AND LOUDER AND YOU CAN'TGO ANYWHERE. CASEY: NTSB SAYS A CSX FREIGTRAIN PUSHED THE BUS 206 FEETBEFORE STOPPING.FINALLY, THE RESCUE PEOPLECAME AND KNOCKED WINDOWS OUTTHREW LADDERS IN AND PULLEDANYBODY OUT THAT WAS ABLE TO GETOUT. CASE OFFICIALS SAY IN A PEPSIJANUARY, TRUCK BOTTOMED OUT ANDWAS HIT BY A TRAIN AT THISCROSSING.IT HAPPENED AGAIN TO A TRACTORTRAILOR IN AUGUST 2014.AND RECORDS SHOW SINCE 1976, 16CRASHES HAVE HAPPENED AT THICROSSING.NOW THREE OF THE FATAL.IN 1983, 2003, AND TUESDAY WHEN4 SENIOR CITIZENS DIED IN THISCRAS>> BOTTOM LINE THINGS LIKE THIS, NEED TO BE PREVENTED.PERIOD. CASEY: BILOXI MAYOR ANDREWGILICH SAYS THE CITY HASRECENLTY BEEN DISCUSSING CLOSING6 OF THE 29 RAILROAD CROSSINGSAS THEY MOVE FORWARD WITH TWOMAJOR ROAD PROJECTS.THIS WAS NOT ONE OF THEM.>> IT'S OUR CITIZENS.WE'VE GOT 44,00 PEOPLE AND WEHAVE A BUNCH OF VISITORS A YEAR, AND WE WANT TO MAKE IT SAFE,FRIENDLY AND BEAUTIFUL AND THISCUTS TO THE HEART. CASEY: A CSX TRANSPORTATIONPOLICY SAYS 3 EXISTING CROSSINGSMUST BE CLOSED BEFORE A NEW ONEIS INSTALLEDHERE IS MO HISTORY THAT WEFOUND OUT TODAY.A ROAD PARALLEL TO THE RAILROADCROSSING IS CALLED ESTERS ROANAMED AFTER A FORMER COUNCILMAN,TH FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICANCOUNCILMAN IN THE CITY AND THEFIRST PERSON KILLED ON THESE

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The city had already scheduled a hearing March 21 to discuss closing six railroad crossings when the CSX freight train hit a bus that was stuck on the tracks Tuesday.

However, the Main Street crossing, where 40 were injured in addition to the deaths, isn't on the closure list. Federal Railroad Agency records show that 10 trains a day typically use the track, with a maximum speed of 45 mph.

Records showed that before Tuesday's crash, there have been 16 accidents at the crossing since 1976, including in 1983 and 2003, each of which involved one fatality.

Federal investigators are looking at bus records and records for the bus driver and studying the signals and gates at the railroad crossing. The National Transportation Safety Board said it's aware of the crossing not being new to accidents, but changes to it won't come any time soon.